Clinicians
Saturday - 11:00am
Zach Miller
Zach Miller is an educator, composer and performer living in Minneapolis, MN. Curiosity and exploration have defined the arc of his career, exemplified in his independently released books SYNCO and The Work Is The Fun; collections of advanced practice concepts for drumset. Zach has toured for 20 years with several national recording artists including Eric Hutchinson, Sara Groves and Jason Gray while maintaining an adjunct professor position at North Central University in downtown Minneapolis. Zach’s teaching offerings expand beyond the classroom. He has written articles for PAS’s Percussive Notes, been a featured clinician at universities around the country, and continually shares expansive new ideas on his own Instagram platform @zmillermusic. Much of this content revolves around his area of expertise, orchestrations of polymetric rhythmic relationships. As much as Zach wants to challenge musicians to expand their horizons of independence and rhythmic comprehension, he wants everyone to always remember that THE WORK IS THE FUN!
Find Zach Miller here:
Instagram: @zmillermusic
Saturday - 1:00pm
Dave King
Dave King is a drummer/composer best known as a founding member of the internationally recognized jazz group “The Bad Plus” and “Happy Apple”. He is also the leader of the modern jazz groups “The Dave King Trucking Company”, the jazz standards based trio “The Dave King Trio” on Sunnyside Records, the Julian Lage Trio, and has recorded and or performed with Bill Frisell, Joshua Redman, Tim Berne, Craig Taborn, Jeff Beck, Margaret Glaspy, Mason Jennings, and Leo Kotke to name a few.
Dave also created the cult drum comedy YouTube series “Rational Funk”, and has a new podcast coming in 2026 called “Heroic Enthusiasm”
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Saturday - 3:00pm
Calvin Rodgers
Calvin Rodgers, born into a musical family in Chicago, discovered his passion for drumming early on. Mentored by his father, a renowned musician, Calvin's talent blossomed as he played locally and with gospel artists like Ricky Dillard. Ramsey Lewis's Jazz Mentors program further honed his skills before joining Urban Knights and touring with R. Kelly. Seeking a return to gospel, he became Fred Hammond's music director, later becoming his lead co-writer and co-producer. When Calvin isn’t touring, he can be found balancing his role as a family man, minister, teacher, and mentor. His touring and recording credits boasts the likes of artists such as Aretha Franklin, Kirk Franklin, The Isley Brothers, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Chaka Khan, Fred Hammond, Yolanda Adams, John P. Kee, and many others.
Find Calvin Rodgers here:
Facebook: facebook.com/calvinr.rodgers1
Instagram: @calvinr_rodgers
YouTube: youtube.com/@CalvinRodgersDrums
Sunday - 11:00am
Nicholas Baker
Nicholas Baker drummer and conguero of LA LOM is known for using his hybrid kit of congas and traditional drumset to perform many genres, including Cumbia, Rock, Americana, Boleros, and Huapango. After founding the trio LA LOM he began to create a sound that was normally made up of three percussionist.
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Sunday - 1:00pm
Mark Giulliana
Hailed by The New York Times as “a drummer around whom a cult of admiration has formed,” Grammy-nominated superstar drummer & composer Mark Guiliana brings an adventurous spirit, eclectic palette, and gift for spontaneous invention to a staggering range of styles. Equally virtuosic playing acoustic jazz, boundary-stretching electronic music, or next-level rock, he’s become a key collaborator with such original sonic thinkers as St. Vincent, Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam/Soundgarden), Brad Mehldau, M83, Meshell Ndegeocello, and the late, great David Bowie.
Guiliana’s latest release ‘MARK’, is his first entirely solo work which boldly showcases him as composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist – performing and layering percussion, piano, synthesizers and more. This new foray into his growing body of renowned work, recorded at Studio 606 in Los Angeles, is a culmination of Guiliana's experiences and inspirations, and at the same time the catalyst of a new direction. 'MARK' follows his first two acclaimed Edition Records albums 'the sound of listening' and 'Mischief'.
Find Mark Giulliana here:
Official Website: markguiliana.com
Facebook: facebook.com/mark.guiliana
Instagram: @markguiliana
YouTube: youtube.com/markguiliana
Sunday - 3:00pm
Teddy Campbell
For ten seasons, from 2004 to 2016, Teddy Campbell was seen by millions as the drummer on FOX’s hit show, American Idol. He made history serving as the drummer and co-lead singer on the final three seasons of NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”
After honing his talent at an early age on the gospel scene, this Chicago native relocated to California in 1998. It was there that an impressive resume began to evolve. He served as musical director and drummer for Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. He has recorded with Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Barbra Streisand, Rod Stewart, Kelly Clarkson, Mary Mary, and many more. He’s toured with The Backstreet Boys, Bette Midler, Boz Scaggs, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Queen Latifah, George Benson, and others. He’s played on movie scores such as Dreamgirls, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Pitch Perfect 3, American Sniper, SING, The Color Purple 2023, Get On Up, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey and more.
Some of Campbell's television credits include “The Academy Awards” "The Grammy Awards," "The Kennedy Center Honors” The NAACP Image Awards," ”BET Awards” “BET Celebration Of Gospel” "The Billboard Awards," "VH-1 Divas" and "VH-1 Save the Music." In addition, Teddy has co-starred in 5 seasons of WeTV's hit reality show Mary Mary.
A combined joy of drumming while singing led Teddy to form his own band, The Teddy Campbell Band. As the frontman of this soul/rock unit, Teddy had the opportunity to further utilize his gifts, while having fun, and leaving crowds mesmerized in the process. Most recently, Campbell and his wife Tina Campbell, one half of the iconic Grammy Award winning Gospel music duo Mary Mary, has released music together where they sing about love and family. Teddy is also the former lead singer of the Stellar Award winning Gospel group called, Soul Seekers.
Find Teddy Campbell here:
Facebook: facebook.com/p/Teddy-Campbell
Instagram: @teddycampbellband